The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has threatened
to withhold the results of thousands of students from 19 states who participated in the May/June 2015 WASSCE over
non-payment of candidates’ registration fees by their state governments.
“The affected states should off-set the registration fees of
their candidates as soon as possible, as we cannot guarantee that the results
of their candidates for the May/June 2015 WASSCE will be released alongside
others,” Mr Charles Eguridu, Head of National Office, HNO, said at the council’s national office Yaba,
yesterday.
According to him, a total of 19 states in the country are
owing the Council due to the entry fees for states government-sponsored
candidates for the May/June 2015 WASSCE. Sadly, the states have been nonchalant
towards payment of the debt which amount to
N4 billion.
While he declined to name the indebted states, Eguridu urged
them to pay up within the next two weeks or risk not seeing the results of
students from their states.
“Many of the states of the federation, as part of their
education policy, pay the registration fees of candidates for the WASSCE,
particularly in the public schools.
“This is quite commendable as it afforded many indigent
students the opportunity to sit for examinations and relieved many poor parents
of this financial burden.
“As I speak to you now, we are cash-strapped as a result of
the delay in off-setting the registration fees owed the Council by some states.
As a result, we are finding it difficult to meet our financial obligations,
particularly to our supervisors, examiners and service providers.”
“We have written to the affected states governments without
any response. The poor response is threatening the smooth operations of the
Council,” Eguridu said.
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